Slot games epitomise online casinos and the popularity that comes with them. The great graphics, easy play and background music that come with many of them make for an enjoyable pastime to many players, usually accessible on desktop, tablet and mobile devices as well as your traditional land-based casinos.

Today you can experience games online like never before with the improved graphics and special effects. Here are five of the most popular slot games this year:

Slots O’ Gold
Remember Rainbow Riches? The very popular slot machine game of yesteryear. Well, it’s another Irish-themed slots game that tops our list for 2018. Slots O’ Gold keeps the feeling of St Patrick’s Day going long after March 17th. It has your stereotypical leprechaun, four-leaf clovers and pots of gold, as well as rainbows, lucky horseshoes and magic mushrooms.

Slots O’ Gold is set across five reels and 10 paylines and offers an exciting Rainbow Re-spin feature as well as the Jackpot King Promotional Progressive Pot. The Rainbow Re-spin feature is triggered when a Leprechaun Wild symbol lands on reels 2, 3 or 4. The Progressive Pot is activated by achieving 5 Jackpot King overlay symbols during any spin with the opportunity to win a life-changing sum of money.

Dragon’s Luck
Made in China, Dragon’s Luck is a Red Tiger Gaming slot. Like some of their previous games it has a range of mini features and a slick design. In this game you can benefit from same symbol transformations, a special secret symbol, a 3×3 Mega Coin and Mega Fortune win of 1,380x your stake. For once, their features aren’t extremely tricky to trigger either.

Dragon’s Luck is a five-reel, 10 paylines slots game. The setting is a classical Chinese temple with a pair of dragons clinging to the pillars who breathe fire onto a selection of symbols to help create a big payout.

Mayan Mystery
From the makers of Wild Egypt and Ruby Walsh Champions Gold, Cayetano Gaming have set Mayan Mystery in a South American jungle with amazing stone temples and deserted buildings. Many of the remains and artefacts of the Mayans have been left well preserved as shown off in this slot game.

This game has five reels and 10 paylines with a top prize of £500. Expect lots of temples and masks in the jungle. You’re looking to find a gold necklace symbol and a special mystery symbol of a gold Mayan coin for a big payout. Unfortunately, there are no bonus games in Mayan Mystery.

Safari Dream
Another popular slot game in 2018 lets you embark on a spinning safari. Safari Dream is an action-packed game slot machine with plenty of wins on offer, including deep stacked reels, free games and extra multipliers. This slot is set in the African plains with beautiful wildlife playing its part to emulate a sense of a wild adventure that comes with a safari.

Safari Dream is a five-reel, 40 paylines game. Developed in HTML5 means that it works perfectly on mobile phones, which has no doubt contributed positively to its popularity this year. The simple 2D graphics make the touch screen easy to control.

Da Vinci Diamonds
Are you ready to crack the code? IGT Software have produced a very popular slot game in Da Vinci Diamonds. This art-themed game has cascading reels that feature all of Leonardo’s portraits set in an ornate picture frame. Wild symbols, bonus symbols and scatter symbols are all on offer here, as well as two bonus features to help pile up a decent amount of money.

Da Vinci Diamonds is a five-reel, 20 paylines slot with the maximum number of free spins you can win is up to 300. Free spins are activated when you land bonus symbols on reels 1, 2 and 3. Unfortunately, there are no additional multipliers.